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So glad you have found us.
We are a nomadic family of 9 travelling Australia with our six daughters, and our one son and forever missing our precious daughter Serenity who went to be with Jesus at 13 hours old on 12 March 2011. Her short life has changed our lives forever!
As we travel we perform at shows, festivals and fundraisers with our dogs, help out on farms and also sell handmade woodcraft, dog collars, leads and capes. We are also doTERRA wellness advocates.
Follow our joys and trials here.

Monday, 31 December 2012

As the year 2012 draws to a close we can thankfully say it was easier than 2011, although it too has had it’s share of tragedies. I’m not going to talk about them here. This post is going to focus on the good that has happened.

January

Explored and swam in some lovely beaches in South Australia and witnessed some beautiful sunsets..

A kite surfer at sunset at Whyalla, SA

February

Revisited Peterborough, caught up with Sarah’s Nephew and his now wife.

March

Due to the heavy rains in the north, we took a detour through Monash where there is an awesome playground, and a few k’s east the beautiful lake Cullulleraine.

April

Making it back to Queensland, catching up with friends and staying at Wallumbilla again!

May

As is a tradition each year, we watch the girls perform and win ribbons and cash at the Gympie show.

2nd Place in the dog high jump at the show

June

On the last day of May, Lassie had 9 puppies! June was spent watching them grow!

Don’t nobody touch my babies!

July

Building shelves/storage units in the bus. Had a friend help put in 12 volt lighting.

August

Family get together in Townsville! Unfortunately one brother couldn’t make it.

Friday, 14 December 2012

I’ve been thinking of all the habits of successful people. Some of which would be beneficial to incorporate into our life. I’m not expecting to incorporate all these immediately into my life! Change takes time. New habits take time. I’m thinking of incorporating a new habit every two weeks or so.

Before I go into my list of habits of successful people we need to define success! To mesuccess is living a deliberate life, achieving the goals and dreams you were born to achieve.

So without further ado here is my alphabet of habits!

A. Alone time. Time with just you, no distractions; no electronics, books or music. Spend time listening to yourself. Feeling your feelings.

B. Be proactive: choose your response to stimuli. Instead of just reacting. You alone have the power to choose your reaction.

C. Embrace change: be adaptable, embrace the new and unfamiliar. Change brings new life and creativity.

D. Live deliberately: consciously choose your life. Make decisions that will help reach your life goal. Live the opposite of auto-pilot.

M. Be motivated by lessons learned. Don’t let setback hold you back, forgive yourself, learn from it and move forward.

N. Never give up! See each setback as a learning opportunity, and grow.

O. Opportunities. See opportunities and run with them.

P. Practise what you preach. Don’t talk theory, live reality!

Q. Quell your fears. We all have fears, choose not to be controlled by them.

R. Relax: know when to hit the off switch. Take time to enjoy what you have and have fun doing it!

S. Slow down: make time to enjoy the journey. Slowing down allows more time to be present with yourself.

T. Be thankful: each and everyday choose an attitude of gratitude. Gratitude refocuses our attention on what we do have bring with it contentment.

U. Seek first to understand. Before judging understand. Before criticizing understand. Listen with empathy, and seek to be understood.

V. Visualise: have a clear picture of what you want you life to look like. Plan your best reality.

W. Except your weaknesses; learn the value of always learning. Be constantly learning as this gives room for personal growth.

X. Execute your plan. A plan no mater how perfect will not be a success unless executed! Set your goal, make a plan and work to actively achieve it.

Y. Don’t use someone else’s yard stick. When you fall into the comparison trap, you’ll never measure up.

Z. Get more zzzz’s: as the old age saying goes, Early to bed, early to rise makes men and women healthy, wealthy and wise. It has been said that the first hour of the day sets the tone for the whole day … going to bed early helps with that!